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Tokyo Freight: Shinjuku Station
So you're in the big smoke for the day and want to see a freight train? The best advice I can give you is to head on over to Minamisenju as Shinjuku sees very little activity. On the off chance you can't do this, please refer to the table below.
Timetables
The timetable covering Shinjuku station incorporates two paths through Tokyo. The major path is the branch to Sumidagawa Freight Terminal (aka Minamisenju) and secondly the less-busy line through Shinjuku Station to Shin-Tsurumi yard. It seems that trains choose a path south from Omiya and split at Tabata Station to either destination.
I'll just cover the freight through Shinjuku for now.
Southbound | Omiya | Tabata | Shinjuku | Shintsurumi | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Service | Origin | Depart | Pass | Pass | Arrive | Comments |
▲3080 ~ (▲3071) | Sapporo | 0205 | 0226 | 0254 | 0314 | ▲ = X間-Y間 月曜日運休 (Not Mondays between Aomori[Junction]-West Hamamatsu) |
3086 ~ (3075) ~ (3073) | Sapporo | 1135 | 1152 | 1212 | 1227 | |
4070 ~ (5072) | Sendai | 0214 | 0236 | 0256 | 0326 | |
8086 | Sumidagawa | !! | 1449 | 1509 | 1528 | !! = Starts at Sumidagawa at 1402 to Tabata by 1410. |
8572 | Utsunomiya | 0209 | 0231 | 0251 | 0320 | |
8588 | Utsunomiya | 0454 | 0512 | 0532 | 0554 |
Northbound | Shintsurumi | Shinjuku | Tabata | Omiya | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Service | Origin | Depart | Pass | Pass | Arrive | Comments |
(▲3070) ~ ▲3081 | West Hamamatsu | 0246 | 0301 | 0321 | 0340 | ▲ = 日曜日運休 (Not Sundays) |
(3090) ~ (5090) ~ 4081 | Nagoya | 0227 | 0249 | 0309 | 0334 | |
(96) ~ (5096) ~ 4083 | Nagoya | 0446 | 0502 | 0522 | 0543 | |
8089 | Yokohama Hazawa | 1528 | 1551 | 1611 | !! | Proceeds to Sumidagawa at 1743 after Tabata. NOT Omiya. |
8171 | Kawasaki | 0300 | 0320 | 0340 | 0407 | |
8585 | Kawasaki | 0515 | 0532 | 0552 | 0618 |